本年度最受欢迎名字排名中，杰克(Jack)仍旧保持了男名冠军的头衔，但是在过去的一年里，奥莉维亚(Olivia)已经取代格蕾丝(Grace)成为英国最受欢迎的女性名字。
仅仅只有一年，格蕾丝就从冠军的位置落到了第三。排在第二位的是露比(Ruby)，此名字曾被美声女王夏洛特•切奇(Charlotte Church)用于给自己的第一个孩子命名。排名前十的名字还有艾米莉(Emily)、杰西卡(Jessica)、索菲(Sophie)、寇伊(Chloe)、莉莉(Lily)、米娅(Mia)和露西(Lucy)。
男性名字方面，尽管今年经受了来自奥利弗(Oliver)的极大竞争，杰克还是保持了继托马斯(Thomas)之后14年不败的战绩，稳坐冠军的宝座。排名第三到第九的男性名字分别是：哈里(Harry)、查理(Charlie)、阿尔费(Alfie)、托马斯(Thomas)、乔士华(Joshua)、丹尼尔(Daniel)和詹姆斯(James)。
今年从前100名消失的女性名字有：郝丽(Hollie)、泰根(Tegan)、帕特里克(Patrick)、多米尼克(Dominic)和葛比莉尔(Gabriel)，而受欢迎度逐步攀升的名字则包括：露丝(Rose)、珂尼(Connie)、海迪(Heidi)等。
OLIVIA OUSTS GRACE AS TOP GIRL'S NAME
Jack may remain the undisputed king of boy's names, but Grace has fallen from favour and been replaced by Olivia as the most popular girl's name in Britain over the last 12 months, it emerged yesterday.
After just a year at the top, Grace has slipped into third place behind Ruby, the name Charlotte Church and Gavin Henson chose for their firstborn.
The reign of Jack, however, continues unopposed since it first outstripped Thomas 14 years ago, despite fierce competition this year from Oliver.
Harry proved the third most popular boy's name, followed by Charlie, Alfie, Thomas, Joshua, Daniel and James. Liam and Dylan broke into the top 20 for the first time, replacing Ryan and Luke, while Callum fell from 13th to 22nd.
Emily, Jessica, Sophie, Chloe, Lily, Mia and Lucy completed the girls' top 10 compiled from a national survey of 380,000 babies born in 2008 by Bounty, the UK parenting club.
The biggest female movers were Isla, which climbed from 58th to 35th, and Summer, which rose 28 places from 44th to 16th. Ava moved 15 places to 19th.
Holly dropped six places to 25th. Rebecca and Courtney also fell victim to fashion, plummeting from 32nd to 48th and from 72nd to 88th respectively.
The number of Rileys being born is on the increase, along with boys called Ewan and Leon. Zac, perhaps inspired by the High School Musical actor Zac Efron, Jude and Cody are also new entries.
Names that vanished from the top 100 are Hollie, Tegan, Patrick, Dominic and Gabriel. Among those beginning to see a revival are Sofia, Julia, Darcy and Amelie. The more traditional Rose, Connie and Heidi are also back in the top 100.
（Source: Guardian Unlimited，英国使馆文化教育处供稿）
